A Visit to A Boarding School in Næstved - Herlufsholm International School

A small part of Herlufsholm School And Campuss

Last Thursday, together with some of my friends, Sevgi and Uğurcan, we joined an interesting project. One of our classmates in English Class, Brenda,  invited everyone to attend a panel in a boarding school in Næstved where she works as an English teacher. As I have already been in Herlufsholm International School and I had been quite impressed by the presentation of the school given by one of the students, I was quite sure that it would be interesting to attend this project too - and now I see that I were not wrong.

American Ideals As Expressed Through Music

Poster Examples prepared by the students for "English Day"

In Herlufsholm International School (Herlufsholm Skole), we attended a presentation of USA given by Brenda, as a native of USA. The panel was about American Ideals Expressed Through Music so there were many surprises about music. Brenda had invited some other friends to attend the panel and they sang different songs from the most popular music figures of US, from Michael Jackson to Elvis Presley. It was quite fun to sing along and dance with the other Danish students. Also, it was a different experience to hear about USA from the viewpoint of an American. The panel was within the context of "English Day". Thus,  everywhere, everything and everyone turned to English at this 
amazing boarding school. Posters for English speaking countries all over the walls of the school, songs in English, English food and everything had something to do with English. It was a very interesting project for us, which inspired me to have the same kind of projects when I start my teaching.

Herlufsholm Boarding School

When it comes to Herlufsholm International School, it is a private  day and boarding school for boys and girls (co-educational since 1950s)  in Næstved, Denmark. It is founded by Admiral Herluf Trolle and his wife Brigitte Goye). It is the oldest boarding school in Denmark and at first it is founded as a monastery. Untill recently it was  a boarding school for boys but recently it has gradually opened to day students and girls. 

Suså River and Herlufsholm Boarding School

The school is located by a river ( Suså River ),in Næstved and it has a huge green campuss , which has also quite Gothic appearance with the church (from the Middle Ages) in the school garden. The school also has a seperate library ( one of the oldest in Denmark ), a museum, a gym, a small hospital, a few house for teachers and dormitories for boarding students. Students have to wear uniforms, which is unique to this school in Denmark.